Improvement in sand-pumps assid reels for artesian wells



N0. 122,449. Patented Jan. 2. i872.

IHIIZIIOVQd Q S ND PUMP REE L for ARTESIAN WELLS JUNE I9. I87! JAMES A. FLEMING, OF SHAMBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT BN SAND-PUMPS AND REELS FOR ARTESIAN WELLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,449, dated January 2, 1872.

Nature and Object of Iuce'ntt'on.

The object of my invention .is to provide a reel for the rope or cord used in sand-pumpin g artesian wells, which shall be operated by a motii e power more efficient and more directly under the control of the workman than those in use at present.

The present sand-pump reel in general use consists of a wooden friction-pulley on the end of the reel which acts by contact with the wooden band-wheel of the band-wheel frame, the friction-pulley before mentioned having a beveled face to bring the reel at the proper angle and the ban d-wheel a square face.

The objections to the present method are: First, that it is clumsy, difficult to manage, and, with all the improvements that have been made, it takes much time to operate. Second, that the action of the beveled friction-pulley upon the square-faced band-wheel rapidly destroys both.

For the purpose of providing for these ob-- jections I have the reel B fixed upon the shaft S resting on the bearin gs G O. Also the shaft S S, revolved by the double crank E of the small upright engine H K P, for which a separate steam-pipe is taken from the boiler of the well-engine. vided with the fiy-wheels F F to regulate theirmotion, and are connected by the clutch D, formed of the two circular disks f and e, with the pins or teeth b b on the disk f fitting into corresponding holes on disk 6, which slides horizontally upon the shaft S, and is thrown in and out of gear by the lover g.

Claim.

I do not claim, the vertical engine P K, nor the reel B; but

I claim as my invention- The combination of the shafts S S and S, and reel B, with the clutch 1), the fly-wheels F F, the double crank E, the engine H P K, and the stands A A A A, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth. 7

JAMES A. FLEMING.

Witnesses:

ARCHIE R. GRAY J. H. BROAS, Jr. (51) The shafts S and .S S are pro- 

